& yede forthe lyke a lorell all my lyfe tyme

tyll y were wery off þe worlde / and wylned efte to slepe

& leyned me to lenten & long tyme y slepte

& off crystes passyon & pennance þe poeple þer off taght

rest me þer and r{u}vtt fast tyll ramis palmarum

off gerles & off gloria laus greatly me dreymed

and how ozanna by orgonye old {song}folkeP songen

on sembleable to þe samarytan / & somedeale pyers plowman

barefoote on an asse backe booteles gan prycke

wyth-oute sp{u}vrres other speyre / spakelyche he loked

as ys þe kynd off a knyght þat comethe to be dowbbed

to gett hym gylt spurres / and galoches y-coweped

then was feythe a in a fenystre / & cryed fili dauid

as doethe an hara{u}vde off armes / when a{u}vnterers comethe to I{u}vstes

old Iewes off / Ierusalem /P for Ioy they songe

benedictus qui venit in nomine domini & cetera //

þen I frayned att faythe / what all þat fare ment

& who sholde I{u}vst In Ierusalem Iesus he sayde

& fecche þat þe fende cleymethe / pyers fr{u}vyte þe plowman

ys pyers In thys place quod I . and he preynte on me

thys Iesu In hys gentryes / wole I{u}vst In pyers armes

In hys helme & hys habergynne /humana natura

that cryste be noght y-knowe here for consumatus est

In pyers paltock þe plowman þis prycker shall ryde

for no dynt shall hym dere as yn deitate patris

wo shall I{u}vst wyth Iesus Iewes or scrybes

nay quod he þe fo{u}vle feende / & also doome & deathe

deethe seethe he shall fordoo / & downe bryng

all þat ly{u}vethe or lokethe yn land or yn watre

lyfe sayethe þat he lyethe & leyethe hys lyffe to wedde

that for all þat dethe can doo wythynne thredayes / thre dayes / /

to walke & to fecche fro þe fende pyers fr{u}vyte þe plowman

to legge hym þer hym lykethe / & lucyfer bynd

& for to beyte & downe bryng bale & deathe for euer

o mors ero mors tua & cetera //

then came pilatus wyth poeple sedens pro tribunali //

to se how doghtely dethe shuld doo / & deme þer brothers ryght

the Iewes & the I{u}vstece ageynst Iesu were

& all þe co{u}vrte on hym cryed crucyfige sharpe

tho put hym forthe a pylo{u}vr pylate & sayede

thys Iesus off oure Iewes temple Iaped & despysed

to fordoone ytt yn on day & yn thre dayes after

edyfye ytt efte newe / here he standethe þat seyde ytt

& yet maken as moche / yn all maner off poyntes

bothe as long & as large / by lofte & by gro{u}vnde

crucifige quod a cacche-polle / I warrant hym a wycche

tolle tolle quod an-other / and tooke / of kene thornes

& byganne off kene thorne / a garland to make

& sett ytt sore on hys heyde / and seyde yn en{u}vye

ave raby / quod þat ryba{u}vde & threwe reedes att hym

nayled hym wyth thre nayles / naked on the roode

and poyson on a polle þei putt vp to hys lyppes

& bad hym drynke hys deathe y{u}vell / hys dayes were dooneC

& yff þat þou subtyle be / help now þi-sel{u}ven /

yff þou be cryst & kynges sonne / come downe off þe roode

then shall we le{u}ve þat lyffe þe lo{u}vethe / & wole not lett {to}þe dye

consummatum est quod cryste & comsed for to swowne

pytyo{u}vslyche & pale as a prysoner þat dyethe

þe lorde off lyffe & off lyght / þer leyde hys eyne to-geddres

þe day for drede wythdrewe / & darke bycame þe sonne

þe wall wagged & cla{u}ve & all þe worlde q{u}va{u}ved

deade men for þat dymme / came owte off gra{u}ves

& told why þat tempest so long tyme d{u}vred

for a bytter battayle þe deade bodye seyed

lyve & dethe yn thys derknes on fordooethe a-noþer

shall no wyght wytt wytterly who shall haue þe mastrye

er sonday abowte sonne rysyng / and sanke wyth that t{o}yllT yerthe

some sayde þat he was goddes sonne þat so fayre dyed

vere filius dei erat iste & cetera

& some sayde he was a wycche / good ys þat we assey

where he be deyd or noght deyde downe or he be take

two the{u}ves also tholyed deathe that tyme

vpon a cros bysyde cryste / so was þe comm{u}vne lawe

a cacche-polle cam forthe & cracked bothe theyre legges

& þer armes after off ether off tho the{u}ves

but was no body so bold goddes body to toche

for he was knyght & kynges sonne / kynd forgave þat tyme

that non herlott were so hardye to ley hand vpon hym

but there came forthe a knyght wyth a kene speare y-gro{u}vnde

hyght longeus as þe letter tellethe / & long had loore hys syght

before pylate & other poeple yn þe place he ho{u}ved

maugre hys teethe he was made þat tyme

to take þe speyre In hys hand & I{u}vsten wyth Iesu

for all þei weren vnhardy / þat ho{u}ved on hors & stoode

to to{u}vchen hym or tasten hym / or take hym downe off roode

but þis blynd bacheler then / bare hym thr{u}vgh þe herte

the bloode sprange downe by þe speyre / & vnsperred hys eyne

then fell þe knyght vp-on knees / & cryed hym mercye

ageyne my wyll ytt was lorde / to wo{u}vnd you so sore

he seghed & seyde / sore ytt me athynkethe

for þe dede þat I haue doone I do me yn your grace

haue on me re{u}vthe ryghtfull Iesus / & ryght wyth þat he wepte

then gan feyet{he}P felly {/}& the fal{s}ce Iewes despyce

called þem caytyffes y-c{u}vrsed for euere

for þis fo{u}vle wyllany wengeance to you fall

to do þe blynd beate hym y-bo{u}vnde ytt was a boyes co{u}vnseale

c{u}vrsed cayteffe knyghthoode was ytt ne{u}ver

to myssdoo a deade bodye by day or by nyght

the gree yet hathe he goten / for all hys greate wo{u}vndeC

for your champyon chy{u}valo{u}vr cheffe knyght off you all

yelt hym recreant rynnyng ryght as Iesus wylle

for be thys derknes I-doo hys deathe worthe a{u}venged

and þeP l{u}vrdeanes haue y-lost / for lyffe shall haue þe mastrye

& your francheys þat free was / fallen ys yn thraldome

& ye ch{e}vrlesT & your chydrene / chy[l]drene che{u}ve shall ye ne{u}ver

ne haue lordshyppe yn land ne no land tylye

but all barreyne be & vsurye to vsen

wych ys lyfe þat our lorde yn all lawes ac{o}vrsethe

now your goode dayes are done / as danyell prophesyed

when cryste came þier kyngdome / & crowne sholde ceasse

cum veniat sanctus sanctorum cessabit vnccio vestra ://

what for feere off thys ferlye / and off þe fal{s}ce Iewes

I drewe me yn that derknes to discendit ad inferna

& þer I saghe sothely secundum scripturas ://

oute off þe west coste / a wenche as me thoght

come walkyng by the way / to hellward she loked

mercy hyght þat meyde / a meke thyng wyth-all

a full benyng b{u}yrde / and buxome off speche

hyr suster as ytt semed came softlye walkyng

e{u}ven owte off þe est / and westwardeP she loked

a full comely creature / tre{u}vthe she hyght

for þe wertue þat hyr folowed / afered was she neuer

when þes meydens mett mercy & trewthe

eyther asked other off thys greate wondre

off þe dynne & þe derknes & how þe day rowed

& wyche a lyght & a leyme / le{y}eLG before hell

I haue farlye off þis fare y faythe sayed trewthe

& am wendyng to wytt whatt þis wondre meanethe

haue no mervayle quod mercy / myrthe ytt betokenethe

a meyde þat hett marye / and modre wyth-oute felyng

off any kynnes creature / concey{u}ved thrugh speche

& grace off þe holy gost wexedT greate wyth chylde

wythoute wemme yn thys worlde she broght hym

& þat my tale be trewe / I take god to wyttnes

sythe þis barne was borne / been xxxti" / thritti wynters passed

wyche dyed & deathe tholed / þis day abovte mydday

and þat ys ca{u}vse off thys clypse / þat closethe now þe sonne

In meanyng þat man shall / froo merkenes be drawe

the whyle thys lyght & þis leame shall lucyfer ablynd

for patryarkes & prophetes haue preyched þeroff often

that man shall man sa{u}ve / thrugh a meydens helpe

and þat was tynt thrugh tree / tree shall ytt wynne

& þat dethe downe broght deathe shall rele{u}ve

þat þou tellest quod trewthe / ys but a tale off waltrotte

for adam and e{u}ve & abraham{e} & other

patryarkes & prophetes þat yn payne lyggen

lee{u}ve þou neuer þat yon{n}derT lyght / a-lofte shall bryng

ne haue þem ovte off hell holde þi tong mercye

ytt ys aT tryfull þat þou tellest / I trogh{e}t wootteP þe sothe

for þat ys on{es}ce yn hell owte comethe ytt ne{u}vere

Iob þe prophete patryarke repro{u}vethe thy sawes

quia in inferno nulla est redemcio://

then mercy full myldlye mo{u}vthed thes wordes

thrughe experyence quod she / I hoope þei shalbe / shal be sa{u}ved

for wen{y}ome fordoethe wen{y}ome & þat I pro{u}ve by reason

For off all ven{y}omes fo{u}vlest ys þe scorpyon

may no medecyne helpe þe place there he styngethe

tyll be deyde & done therto / þe y{u}vell he destroyethe

the furste wenomythe thrughe wen{y}ome off hymsel{u}ve

so shall þis dethe fordoo I dare my lyffe lygge

all þat dethe dyd furste thrughe þe de{u}veles entysyng

and ryght as thrughe gyle / man was begyled

so shall grace þat byganne make a good end

ars vt artem falleret & cetera //

nowe suffer me sayde trewthe / I se as me thynkethe

owte off þe nyppe off þe northeP not farre from hence

ryghtyo{u}vsnes come r{e}vnnyng / rest we þe wyle

for he woote more þen we / he was er we bothe

that ys sothe quod mercy & y se here by so{u}vthe

where peasse comethe pleyng / yn pacyenche y-clothed

[…] C lo{u}ve hathe co{u}veytyd hyr long / le{u}ve I noon other

but he sent hyr some lettre / what þis lyght bymeanethe

that o{u}vere-ho{u}vethe hell th{u}vs / she shall vs tell

when peasse yn pacyence clothed approochet{h}deT negh þem tweyne

ryghtyo{u}vsnes hyr re{u}verensed for hyr ryche clothyng

and preyed peasse to tell hyr / to {p} what place sheT wolde

and yn hyre gay garmentes / whom she grete thoght

my wyll ys to wend quod she & welcome þem all

þat many a day myght y noght see / for merkenes off synne

adam & e{u}ve & other mo yn hell

moses & many mo mercye shall ha{u}ve

I shall da{u}vnce therto / do so susterT

ad vesperum demorabitur fletus & ad matutinum leticia//

lo{u}ve þat ys my lemman s{u}oyche lettres me sent

that mercy my s{u}yster & I mankynd sholde sa{u}ve

& þat god hathe forgy{u}ven & graunted me pea{s}ce & mercy

to be mannes meynperno{u}vr / for euer-more after

lo here þe patent quod pea{s}ce In pace in idipsum

and þat þes dedes shall dure dormiam et requiescam

what ra{u}vestowe quod repentance or þou arte halfe dronke

le{u}vestowe yonder T lyght vnlo{u}cke myght hell

and sa{u}ve mannes so{u}vle / s{u}yster wene ytt ne{u}ver

att þe gynnyng god gave þe dome hym-sel{u}ve

þat adam & e{u}ve & all þat þem s{u}vede

sholde dye downe-ryght / & dwell yn pyne after

yff þei to{u}vched a tree / & þe fr{u}vyte eyte

adam afterwarde agenste hys defence

freyte off þat fr{u}vyte & forsooke as ytt were

the lo{u}ve off your lorde / & hys loore bothe

& folowed þat þe fende ta{u}vght / & hys felowes wyll

agenst reason & ryghtwyssne{s}ce recorde þisLX wyth trewthe

þat þer payne be perpetuall / & no preaer þem helpe

forthye lett þem chewe as þei chase / & chyde we nat sustre

for ytt ys bootles bale / þe bytt that þei eyten

& I shall pro{u}ve quod pea{s}ce / þeir payne m{o}vste ha{u}ve end

& wo yn-to weale may wende att þe last

for had þei wyst off no wo well had þei not knowen

for no wyght wootteP what weale ys / þat neuer wo suffered

ne what ys woottePLG hongre þat ne{u}ver had defa{u}vte

yff no nyght ne were no man as I {wene} lee{u}ve

sholde wytt wytterly / what day ys to meane

shold neuer ryght ryche man þat ly{u}vethe In rest & ease

wytte where wo ys / ne were þe deathe off kynd

so god þat bygan all off hys good wylle

bycame man off a meyde / mankynd to sa{u}ve

& suffered to be solde / to se þe {r}sorowP off dyenge

the wyche vnknyttethe all care / and comsyng ys off rest

for tyll modicum / mett wyth vs I may ytt well awowe

woote no wyght as I wene what ys y-noghe to name

forthy god off hys goodnes þe furste goome adam

sett hym yn solace & yn souereygne m{u}vrthe

& sythe he suffered hym synne / sorowes to fele

& wytt what weyle was / & kyndlyche knowe ytt

& after god gra{u}vnted hym-sel{u}ve & tooke adams kynd

to wytt what he hathe suffe{.}red / yn þe sondrye places

bothe yn hey{u}ven & yn yerthe / & now tyll hell he thynkethe

to wytte what all woo ys / þat woote what all Ioy ys

so ytt shall fare by þis folke / theyre folye & theyre synne

shall leeren þem what lang{u}vore ys / and blysse wythowten end

whattLX no wyght what warre ys þer þat pea{s}ce reygnethe

ne what ys wytterly weale / tyll wellaway hym teyche

then was þer a wyght wyth two broode eyne

booke hyght þat bea{u}vpere / a bolde man off speche

by goddes body quod þis booke I wyll beyre wyttne{s}ce

that þo þis barne was borne / there blased a sterre

that all þe wyse off þis worlde / yn oone wytt acorden

that s{u}oyche a barne was borne / yn beythelem cete

that mannesP soule shold sa{u}ve / & synne destroye

& all þe elementes quod þe booke hereoff beyren wyttne{s}ce

tha{.}t he was god þat all wroght / þe welkene furste shewed

tho þat were yn hey{u}ven / tooken stella cometa / com[a]ta

and tenteden hyr as a torche / to re{u}verence hyr b{u}vrthe

the lyght folowed þe lorde yn-to þe lowe yerthe

that þe water wyttnessythe þat he was god þat he went on

peter þe apostell percey{u}ved hys gate

& as he went on þe water well knewe he hym & seyde

Iube me venire ad te super aquas://

and lo howe þe lyght gan lo{u}vke / þe lyght yn hym-sel{u}ve

when he seyghe hym suffer / þat sonne & see made

the yerthe for hey{u}vynes þat he wold suffer

q{u}vaked as q{u}vycke thyng / & all byq{u}vassethe þe roche

lo hell myght not hold but opened þer god tholed

and lete owte symondes sonnes / to seene hym hang on roode

& now shall lucyfer ley{u}ve {leaue} ytt / thogh hyn / hy[m] lothe thynke

for gygas þe gya{u}vnte wythe a gynne engyned

to breake & to beate downe that beene ageynst Iesus

and I booke wylbe / wyl be brent but Iesus ryse to ly{u}ve

In all myghtes off man / and hys modre gladye

and conforte all hys kynne & owte off care bryng

and all þe Iewes Ioy vnloken and vnbynden

and but þeLX reuerence hys roode & hys resurextyon

and le{u}ven on a new lawe beene lost lyffe & so{u}vle

T all þis I boke wyttne{s}ce & yett moche more

sufferre we sayed trewthe / I here & se bothe

how a spyryte speykethe to hell / & byd vnsparre þe gates

attollite portas principes vestras et ceteraT //

a woyce lowde yn þat lyght to lucyfer cryed

prynce{s}ce LG off þis place vnpynnethe & vnlockethe

for he comethe wyth crowne þat kyng ys off glorye

then syked sathan & seyde to theym all

s{u}oche a lyght ageynst our ley{u}ve lazare yt fett

care & combrance ys come to vs all

yff thys kyng come ynne mankynd wyll he fecche

& leyde ytt þer hym lykethe / & lyghtlyche vs bynde

patryarkes & prophetes haue parled þeroff long

þat s{u}oyche a lorde & a lyght sholde leyde þem all hence

lystynethe quod lucyfer for I þis lorde knowe

bothe þis lorde & þis lyght / ys longe a-goo I knewe hym

may no dethe hym deere ne no de{u}velles q{u}veynt{y}ance

& where he wyll ys hys way but warre hym off the perelles

yff he rey{u}ve me my ryght / he robbethe me wyth mastrye

by ryght & by reason / tho re{n}vkes / re[n]kes þat been here

bodye & so{u}vle been myne / bothe good & yllT

yff adam eyte þe apple all shold dye

and dwell wyth vs de{u}velles / thys th{e}reytyng he made

and he þat sothenes ys / sayed thes wordes

and sythen ys ysayde / sey{u}ven hondrethe wynters

I lee{u}ve þat þat lawe wole nat / letten hym þe leaste

þat ys sothe sayd sathan / but I me sore drede

for þou gett þem wyth gyle / & hys garden brakest

and yn semblant off a serpent / sattest on þe apple tree

and eggest þem to eyte / and e{u}ve by hyr-sel{u}ve

and toldest hyr a tale / off treason were þe wordes

& so þou haddest þem owte & hyddre att last

ytt ys not greathelye gotten / þer gyle ys þe rote

For god wyll not be bygyled quod gobolyn ne by-Iaped

we haue no trewe tytle to theym / thrugh t{.}reason were þei dampned

certe{s}ce I drede me quod þis de{u}vell / lest tr{u}vgh wyll þem fecche

T owte off our po{u}vste / & leyden þem hen{s}ceLG

thys thurty wynter as I wene / hathe he goone & preached

I haue assayled hym wyth synne / & some-tyme asked

where he were god or goddes sonne / he gaue me short answere

& th{u}vs hathe trolled forthe þis xxxijti / thritti-two wynters

& when I seghe ytt was soo / slepyng I went

to warne pylates wyffe / what doo{n}mes man was Ihesus

for þe Iewes hateden hym / & haue done hym to deathe

I wold haue lengthed hys lyfe / for I le{u}ved yff he dyed

that hys soule wold suffer no synne yn hys syght

for þe bodye wyle ytt on bones yede / aboute was e{u}ver

to sa{u}ve men from synne yff þem-sel{u}ve wolde

& nowe I se where a soule comethe hydderwarde seyllyng

wyth glorye & wyth greate lyght / god ytt ys I woote well

I red we fle quod he fast a-way hence

for vs were better not be / then byden hys syght

for thy leasynges lucyfer / lost ys all our preaye

{fust} furste thrugh þe we fellen fro hey{u}ven so heghe

for þat we le{u}ved þi leasynges / yloore we ha{u}ve adam

and all our lordshyppe I le{u}ve /a lond & on watre

nunc primceps / pri[n]ceps huius mundi eicietur foras :

efte þe lyght bad vnlo{u}cke / & lucyfer answeyred

what lorde art þou quod lucyfer quis est iste

rex glorie / the lyght sone sayede

& lord off myght & off mayne / & all maner wertues

dominus virtutum & cetera//

d{u}vkes off þis dymme place / anon vndo þes gates

þat cryste may come ynne / þe kynges sonne off hey{u}ven

& wyth þat breythe hell brake / wyth belyall barres

for any wysse or warde / wyde open þe gates

patryarkes & profetes / populus in tenebris

songen seynt Iohans songe ecce agnus dei //

lucyfer loke ne myght / so lyght hym ablente

& tho þat our lord lo{u}ved / yn-to hys lyght he laght

& sayd to sathan / lo here my soule to amend

for all synfull so{u}vles / to sa{u}ve tho þat be worthye

myne þei been & off me I may þe better þem cleame

all-thoghe reason recorde / & ryght off my-sel{u}ve

that yff þei eyte þe apple all sholde dye

I byhyght þem not here / hell for e{u}ver

for þe dede þat þei dyd þi deceate ytt made

wyth gyle þou þem gatteste / agenst all reason

for yn my place paradyse / In lykne{s}ce off an naddre

falsly þou fattest þer / thyng þat I lo{u}ved

th{u}vs lyke a lysard wyth a ladyes vysage

the{u}velyche þou me robbedest: þe old lawe grauntethe

that gylo{u}vrs be begyled / & þat ys good reason

dentem pro dente et oculum pro occulo ://

ergo soule shall soule q{u}vyte & synne to synne wende

& all þat man hathe myssdo / I man wyll amend

membre for membre / by þe old law was amendes

& lyffe for lyffe also / & by þat lawe I cleame ytt

adam & all hys ysse{u}ve att my wyll here-after

& þat deathe yn theym fordyd / my deathe shall relee{u}ve

& bothe q{u}vyk & q{u}vyte / þat q{u}veynte was thrugh synne

and þat grace gyle destroye / good faythe ytt askethe

so lee{u}ve þouP T not lucyfer ageynst þe lawe y facche theyme

but by ryght & reason / ra{n}vnsome myT lyeges

non veni soluere legem set a{m}dimplereP://

thowe fettest myne yn my place agenst all reason

falslyche & felonysslyche / good faythe me ytt taght

to recouer þem thrughe {þem} / ra{u}vnsome & by no reason elle{s}ce

so þat thrughe gyle þou gett / thrughe grace ys wonne

þou lucyfer yn lyknes off a lyther nadder

gettedest by gyle / tho that god lo{u}ved

and yn lyknes off a leede / þat lorde am In hey{u}ven

gracyo{u}vslyche thy gyle haue q{u}vytte / go gyle ageyn gyle

& as adam & all / thrugh a tre dyeden

adam & all thrugh a tre / shall torne agayne to ly{u}ve

& gyle ys begyled & In hys gyle fallen

et cecidit in foueam quam fecit et cetera //

now begynnethe thy gyle / ageyne / P to the torne

& my grace to growe / greater & wydder

the bytternes þat þou brewe / bro{u}vke ytt thy-sel{u}ve

that art docto{u}vr off deathe / drynk þat þou madest

for y þat am lord off lyffe / lo{u}ve ys my drynke

& for þat drynk to-day / I dyed vpon yerthe

I fo{u}vght so me thr{u}vsted / for mannes soule sake

may no drynk me moyste / ne my thr{u}vst slake

tyll þe vendage falle / yn þe wale off Iosaphath

that I drynk ryght rype m{u}vste / resurreccio mortuorum

then shall I come as a kyng crowned wyth angelles

& haue owte off hell / all mennes soules

fendes & fendkynnes / byfore me shall stand

& beene att my byddynges where-so-euer me lykethe

& to be mercyable to man / then my kynd ytt askethe

for we beene brethren off bloode / but not yn baptysme all

but all þat beene my {.}hole brethren yn bloode & yn baptysme

shall not be dampned to þe deathe / þat ys wythowten {h}end

tibi soli peccaui et cetera//

ytt ys not vsed yn yerthe to hongen a fellon

ofter þen oon{es}ceP / thogh he were a treytour

and yff þe kyng off þat kyngdome come yn þat tyme

there þe felon tholed sholde / dethe or other I{.}o{u}vnesseLX

law wold he ga{u}ve hym lyffe / yff he loked vpon hym

& y þat am kyng off kynges / shall come soche a tyme

where doome to þe dethe dampnethe all wykked

& yff lawe wole I loke on þem / ytt lyethe yn my grace

wether þei dye or dye not / for þat þei dyden {a}yll

be ytt any thyng þe boldnes off þer synnes

I do mercy thrugh ryghtyo{u}vsnes / & all my wordes trewe

& thoghe woly wrytte wole I be wroke / off þem þat dyd yll

nullum malum impunitum & cetera //

they shalbe / shal be wasshen clerelyche / & clensed off þer synnes

In my pryson purgatory / tyll parcye / parce ytt hote

& my mercy shalbe / shal be showyd to many off my brethren

for blood may suffer bloode bothe hongre & colde

but blood may not se blood / blede but hym rewe

audiui archana verba que non licent homini loqui & cetera//

but my ryghtyo{u}vsnes & ryght shall r{u}vle all hell

and mercye all mankynd before me yn hey{u}ven

for I were an vnkynd kyng but I my kynd holpe

& namelyche at s{u}oche a nede / þer nedes helpe beho{u}vethe

non intres in iudicium cum seruo tuo & cetera

thysLX by lawe quod our lorde / leyde I wyll hence

tho þat me lo{u}ved & le{u}ved yn my co{nn}myngT

& for þi leysyng lucyfer / þat þou leygh to e{u}ve

þou shalt abye ytt bytterly / & bo{u}vnd hym fast wyth chenes

astarothe & all þi ro{u}vte / hydden þem yn hernes

þei dorste not loke on our lorde / þe boldest off þem all

but lett hym leyde forthe what hym lyked & lete C what hym lyst

many .c.ethe. / hundrethe off angelles harpeden & songen

culpat caro purgat caro regnat deus dei caro

then pyped pea{s}ce / off a poyse a note

clarior est solito post maxima nebula phebusC

post inimicitias clarior est et amor :C

after sharpe showres quod pea{s}ce clere ys þe sonne

ys no weddre warmer / þen after watyrye clowdes

ne no lo{u}ve le{u}ver / ne le{u}vere frendes

then after warre & wo when lo{u}ve & pea{s}ce be masters

was neuer warre yn þis worlde ne wyckednes so kene

that ne lo{u}ve & hym lyst / to laghyng ne broght

& pea{s}ce thrugh pacyence all perelles stopped

trewe{s}ce quod trewght thow tellest vs sothe by Iesus

clyppe we yn conuenaunt / couenaunt / & eche off vs kysse other

& lett no poeple quod pea{s}ce percey{u}ve þat we chyde

for ympossyble ys nothyng to hym þat ys almyghty

þou seyest sothe quod ryghtyousnes / & reuerentlyche hyr kyste

pea{s}ce & pea{s}ce there per omnia secula seculorum/

misericordia & veritas obuiauerunt sibi : Iusticia et pax osculate sunt & cetera//

trewght tromped tho & song te deum laudamus & cetera//

& then luted lo{u}ve / In a lowde note

ecce quam bonum et quam Iocundum et cetera //

tyll þe day dawed þes damoseles dawnced

þat men rong to þe resurreccyon / & ryght wyth þat I waked

& called kytt my wyfe / & calott my doghter

aryse & re{u}verence goddes resurreccyon

& crepe to þe cro{s}ce on knees / & kysse ytt for a I{u}vell

for goddes blessed body / ytt bare for our boote

& ytt afferethe þe fende / for s{u}oche ys þe myght

may no grysslye goste glyde þer ytt shadowethe